What to Do After Installing WordPress

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What to Do After Installing WordPress on a Self-Hosted Website
Tip: Not sure how to login to your WordPress admin area or lost the link? In almost all cases, you can add /wp-admin to your website domain name to find it. That will look something like www.yourwebsitename.com/wp-admin

You might want to bookmark that link in your web browser so you can easily find it again.

After you’ve installed WordPress, you can customize your site as much as you like. When you’re new to WordPress, just figuring out where to start can feel a little overwhelming.

To get started, you could:

1. Choose a theme for your website.
To do so, click the “change your theme completely” link in the Welcome to WordPress section of your

WordPress dashboard. WordPress themes are like templates or layouts for your site: they control things like the colors, fonts, and placement of elements like the menu bar.

Switching to a different theme doesn’t change your actual content (you won’t lose any of your posts and pages) — it just changes how things look. You can find my list of the best WordPress themes here.

2. Create an “About Me” page for your website.
To create your “About Me” page, just click the “Add an About page” link in the Welcome to WordPress section.

Your About Me page lets people know what your blog or website is all about — argentina phone number material what you can do for them.

Don’t worry if you’re not 100% sure what you want to write yet — you can update your About Me page whenever you want.

3. Write your first blog post.
To create it, simply click the “Write your first blog post” link in the Welcome to WordPress section. Not sure what to write about? Check out my list of over 200+ blog post ideas to get started with some inspiration today.

Here’s where to find all those links:

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If you’ve closed the WordPress welcome message or you can’t find it, you can also access everything in the links down the left-hand side. Go to:

Appearance → Themes to change your theme
Posts → Add New to write a blog post
Pages → Add New to create an About page
Most of All, Have Fun with WordPress
If you make a mistake, like switching to a theme you don’t like, you can simply switch things back. If you get really stuck, contact your web host support team and they should be able to give you a hand.

One of the best things about self-hosted WordPress is that you can add lots of extra features and functionality. You’re not limited to just the built-in tools that come with WordPress itself.